In Kazan Victory park in the Day of defender of the Motherland employees of the Ministry of justice of the Republic of Tatarstan laid flowers at the Eternal flame of Glory memorial colonnade.
Soldiers of a guard of honor accompanied by top officials and veterans laid a wreath at the Eternal flame, then hymns of Russia and Tatarstan were sounded. Residents of the city carried to the Eternal flame red carnations, to bow their heads in tribute to the memory of heroes who died defending their Nativeland.